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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



rubescens x Lambcauiana), a very nchly- 

 coloured flower resembling Odonto. Jeanette. 

 Several good Cypripediums and some attrac- 

 tive Cattleyas were also included. 



Messrs. Jas. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenluuii, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 well-arranged group of Cypripediums, the 

 most noticeable bemg Fulshawense, Gaston 

 Bultel, and varieties of Thalia. 



Messrs. J- and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 were awarded a Silver Flora Medal for ci 

 good group of excellent species and hybrids. 

 Mention must be made of Cattleya Luegae, 

 C. Fabia, the richly-coloured Sophro-Laslio- 

 Cattleya Marathon, Lycaste Skinneri alba, 

 and several good Cypripediums. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for some excel- 

 lent Orchids, many being very rare. The 

 very beautiful Cattleya Dowiana Rosita, 

 Stanhopea insignis, Cattleya Cooksonias 

 amablis and Odontioda Graireana were shown 

 in good form. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, Enfield, received a Silver Banksian 

 Medal for a good group of winter flowering 

 Orchids. In it were large plants of Vanda 

 coerulea, Saccolabium giganteum, the rare 

 Houlettia Brocklehurstiana, and many Cypri- 

 pediums. 



Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, 

 Yorks., received a Bronze Banksian Medal 

 for a group of well-grown Cyprii^ediums, the 

 rare Dendrobium Phalaenopsis album with its 

 pure-white flowers, and Calanthe vestita. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, was awarded a Bronze Banksian 

 Medal for a group of excellent rare and beau- 

 tiful Cypripediums, Cyp. Minos Youngii with 

 five flowers, C. Baron Schroder with nine 

 flowers, and C. Gaston Bultel were specially 

 good. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, 

 exhibited several well-grown Orchids of^ 

 special merit. Laslio-Cattleya Rubens, Catt- 

 leya Alicias, and C. St. Gilles were much 

 admired. 



Miss Walters Anson, The Studio, Broad- 

 way, Streatham, exhibited many excellent 

 examples of her skill in Orchid painting. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate. 



Sophro-Cattleya Lotte Miiller (C. Peetersii 

 X S.-C. Nydia), from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. See " New Plants." 



Awards of Merit. 



Cypripedium Draco " Westonbirt variety " 

 (insigne Harefield Hall x Hera Euryadcs), 

 from Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). — A 

 very fine hybrid of excellent form. The 

 broad dorsal sepal is greenish-yellow spotted 

 with dark purple, the apex having a white 

 margin. Petals and lip are yellow, tinged and 

 marked with mahogany. 



Trichopilia Gouldii (suavis x fragrans), 

 from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. — This 

 pretty, fragrant hybrid has silver-white sepals 

 and petals sj^otted with rose, the lip being 

 similarly marked. 



December 19th, igii. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), James 

 O'Brien (hon. sec), and Messrs. Harry J. 

 Veitch, J. Charlesworth, T. Armstrong, F. J. 

 Hanbury, W. H. Hatcher, J. E. Shill, Gurney 

 Wilson, A. Dye, C. J. Lucas, W. Bolton, H 

 G. Alexander, C. H. Curtis, and A. A. 

 McBean. 



Only plants for Certificate were allowed at 

 this meeting. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Reigate, exhibited Cypripedium insigne 

 Gatton Park variety, and Odontioda Diana 

 (C. Noezliana x O. amabile), a good shape 

 flower of soft-red colour, the lip being slightly 

 reflexed. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 

 showed Laelio-Cattleya Rubens Westfield 

 variety, a richly-coloured hybrid, and Brasso- 

 Laelio-Cattleya Veitchii, a large flower which 

 has previously received a First-class Certifi- 

 cate. 



The Hon. Lady Neeld, Grittleton, Chippen- 

 ham, Wilts., showed Cattleya Venus, a large 

 flower with a rather flat lip, and of excellent 

 colouring. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 



